3. Dissertations, Guides to Primary Sources, and Music Reference
Dissertations
Primary Sources
Music Reference Resources
- Grove
Music Online (part of Oxford Music Online; Harvard users)
- The online, updated edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, with online archives of The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
- Part of Oxford Music Online; other reference sources in this collection are The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
- Emusicquest: The Music-in-Print Series Online (Harvard users)
- Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Harvard users)
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online (Harvard users)
- Jazz Discography Online, compiled by Tom Lord (Harvard users)
- Oxford Reference Online: Performing Arts (Harvard Users)
- See also Finding Concert Reviews
- See also Finding Songs in Collections
Selected Internet Research Resources
- Composer-Specific Resources
- Indexes to Sources
- Archiv für Oberschwaebische Klostermusik (Rainer Naegele, Württembergische Landesbibliothek)
- ARChive of Contemporary Music: archive, library and research center collecting popular music of all cultures and races from 1950 to the present
- Arto Wikla's Early Music Pages: focus on instrumental music
- Blackgrooves: music reviews (Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University)
- BMS Bibliographie des Musikschrifttums online
- Contemporary Music: The French Gateway to Contemporary Music Resources: 1945-present
- Copyright for Music Librarians (and others): copyright as applied to music (Music Library Association)
- Diaz-Ayala Cuban and Latin American Popular Music Collection (Florida International University Libraries)
- Ethnomusicology - World Music: research guide and links (University of Washington Libraries)
- Global Popular Music Research Guide (Harvard College Libraries)
- Gregorian Chant Home Page: links for the study of Gregorian chant (Peter Jeffery, Princeton University)
- Jazz Research Guide (Harvard College Libraries)
- The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: first-line index with full texts (when permissible), browseable by composer or poet
- MetOpera Database: information on all performances since 1883 (Metropolitan Archives Database)
- MIML: Musical Instruction and Musical Learning, 1450-1650: a bibliography of secondary sources (Vanderbilt University)
- Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae (University of Copenhagen, Saxo Institute, Dept. of Greek and Latin)
- Music Institutes, Music Schools, and Music Departments (Sibelius Academy)
- Musikanalyse.de: bibliographies, discographies, and works summaries for individual musical compositions (Forum Musikbibliothek).
- Norwegian Music Information Centre
- OperaGlass: libretti, synopses and sources, performance histories, discographies
- Pop and Rock Music Subject Guide (MIT Libraries)
- Rap and Hip Hop Resources (Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, Chicago)
- Smithsonian Jazz Portal: oral histories, research collections, jazz education resources
- University of North Texas Libraries Music Resources: research guides and links
- Wesleyan Virtual Instrument Museum: descriptions, photos, audio, video (Music Department, Wesleyan University)
- Women in Music: research guide and links (University of Washington Libraries)
Composer-Specific Resources
- Bach Bibliography: entries for books, articles, dissertations, and conference papers
- Bach Cantatas: texts and translations of Bach's vocal works (Walter F. Bischof)
- J.S. Bach Home Page: BWV catalog, Bach biography and bibliography, recommended recordings
- Quellen der Bach-Werke: Datenbank der Werke J. S. Bachs und ihrer handschriftlichen Quellen
bis 1850 (Gottinger Bach-Katalog; Bach-Archiv Leipzig)
- Bach Digital: a digital library of autograph manuscripts and original parts
- Beethoven Gateway: index of books, articles, scores, and other materials (formerly The Beethoven Bibliography Database)
- Leonard Bernstein's Boston Years: Team Research in a Harvard Classroom
- GFHandel.org: materials for the study of George Frideric Handel (Handel Institute)
- European Mozart Ways: Mozart's life and travels; translated, annotated editions of his letters
- Clara Schumann Home Page (David Kenneth Smith)
- Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
Indexes to Sources
- British Song: index of songs composed from the late 16th century to the present
- CANTUS : A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant
- Concert Programmes Project Online Database: descriptions of collections in the UK and Ireland
- Hofmeister XIX: online Hofmeister Monatsberichte, 1829-1900 (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek)
- Hymn Tune Index: tunes associated with pre-1821 English-language hymns (University of Illinois)
- Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections: index of pre-1550 western medieval manuscripts (Koninklijke Bibliotheek)
- Medieval Music Database: 14th century music and liturgical chant; transcriptions, links to digital copies (La Trobe University)
- Motet Database: index of motets and Mass Proper settings, 1475-1600 (University of Florida)
- Renaissance Liturgical Imprints: A Census (RELICS): pre-1601 worship books (University of Michigan)
- University of North Texas Music Special Collections Catalog: popular music and songs from the library's collections
- UT Song Index: index of songs published in over 1500 anthologies (University of Tennessee)